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poraries is eTideot. Harte says of him, that " he had a bokl 

 adventurous cast of mind" — Weston in his Catalogue of 

 English Authors says, he was an original genius in '.husbandry 

 and an ingenious writer. Another author stiles him " a sin- 

 gular honest man,''— a fourth says "he had as excellent a genius 

 in a'Ticulture as any man that ever lived in this nation before 

 him." — Yet this man was permitted to live in poverty, and to 

 die ultimately of want, affording another testimony that those 

 who benefit by the efforts of another's genius, but seldom feel 

 grateful for, or appreciate the benefits they receive, but whilst 

 they are enjoying them, as Frederick of Prussia said in dis- 

 carding Voltaire " Having extracted all the juice, I merely 

 neglect the rind." He was the author of, 



1. A Treatise of Husbandry. 4to. 1638. and 1674. 



2. Practical Husbandry improved, a discourse of infinite trea- 

 sure, hidden since the World's beginning, in the way of 

 husbandry. 4to. 1639— 1G53— 1656. 



3. Recreatio Agricoloe. London. 1640. 4to. 



4. The Profitable InteUigencer. London. 1§44. 4to. 



5. Observations and Improvements in Husbandry, with twenty 

 experiments. London. 1653. 4to. He also wrote, " Art's 

 Mistress," containing his own experiments for fifty years, 

 which however was not published, (Weston's Catalogue, 

 p. 15.) 



1640. The Countryman's Recreation, or the Art of Planting, 

 Graffeing, and Gardening, In three Books. With a 

 perfect platforme of a Hop Garden, Without the 

 author's name. 4to. Loudon, 



